Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova (in German: William Prusinowsky von Wiczkov) (1534 – June 16, 1572) was a bishop of Olomouc in 1565–1572. He started his office in the times of Catholic-Protestant controversy and followed the policy of the

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. He forced the

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to accept his authority. He invited

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s to Olomouc and a year after his death, in 1573, his plan of promotion of the Olomouc school to Jesuit Academy was realized and the second oldest university in the Czech lands was established. It is possible he was poisoned by Jan Philopon Dambrovský. Jiří Fiala: ''Olomoucký pitaval'', DANAL 1994, , str. 101-108 COA bishop CZ Prusinovsky Vilem

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1534 births 1572 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Olomouc 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Victims of serial killers {{Europe-RC-bishop-stub